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Viruses > Defective Viruses > Satellite Viruses

Preferred term

Satellite Viruses  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Defective viruses which can multiply only by association with a helper virus which complements the defective gene. Satellite viruses may be associated with certain plant viruses, animal viruses, or bacteriophages. They differ from satellite RNA; (RNA, SATELLITE) in that satellite viruses encode their own coat protein.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Associated Virus
  • Associated Viruses
  • txid198600
  • Virus, Associated
  • Viruses, Associated

In other languages

  • French

  • txid198600
  • Virus associé
  • Virus associés
  • Virus satellite

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-B3B9NG2M-D

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